Current and past sponsors, partners and clients of the Tribology Group include:
- Ab InBev
- Afton Chemical
- BAAT Medical
- Baker Hughes
- Bekaert
- BASF
- Bosch
- BP
- Castrol
- Caterpillar
- Chevron Oronite
- Corus (now TATA Steel)
- Croda
- Dow Corning
- DuPont
- Element Six
- Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters)
- Evonik
- ExxonMobil
- ExxonMobil Chemical
- Ford
- GE
- GKN
- Hoerbiger
- Imperial Consultants (ICON)
- Idemitsu Kosan
- Infineum
- Jaguar Land Rover
- JCB
- Jyoti Chemical
- Kyodo Yushi Co.
- L'Oreal
- Mars
- Mattei Compressors
- Michelin
- Mitsubishi
- National Grid
- Nestlé
- Oleon
- Ossur
- P&G
- PCS Instruments
- Pennzoil
- Pepsi Co.
- Petrobras
- Philips
- Repsol
- Rolls-Royce (UTC)
- Santolubes
- Shell (UTC)
- Showa Shell
- SKF (UTC)
- Smiths
- The Torrington Company
- TonenGeneral
- Torotrak Group
- Toyota
- Unilever
- Valvoline
- Volvo Trucks
- Westland Helicopters (now Leonardo Company)
- ZF
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
- Coordinating European Council (CEC)
- China Scholorship Council
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- European Commision (Horizon2020, FP7, FP6)
- Innovate UK
- Ministry of Defence (UK)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Lubricating Grease Institute (NLGI)
- National Metal and Materials Technology Centre (MTEC), (Thailand)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
- Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng)
- Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
- U.S. AirForce
- U.S. Army
- Wallenberg Foundation
